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A Personal Matter.

Justice--Mr Johnsing, you say you
never stole that handkerchief,
Johnsing-Nebber, sab, nebber.
Haven't you got it on your neck at
this momcnt?n
"ilah, whatyer say9'
"lsn't that handkerchief on your per.
son ut this momentp'
"You has no right ter talk dater way.
De Constitushun 'spressly says dat dc
law must be administered widout re-
gard to pussons, and you has been re.
gardin' my pusson cher scncc you come
inter dis court room. You hain't tuck
yer eye often me single mint. -
Texas Sytings.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-01

AUSTIN, Ten, Sept .G-TIc cases Of
John Crcsswcll and ollcrs charged with
train robbery, were c"amiued today be-
fore Commissioner Euggl,s At the out
set of the examination of the accused
Tom Jones pleaded guilty and was fol-
lowed BY another ol tho accused, VIM.
Humphreys, turning States evidence,
duplicating Cros,woI and Jones
with himself as being members Of
the gang. Witness claimed for HIM
self that he merely kept camp for the 9TH
ers, and had no direct hand in the llatonia
robbery, with which the parties are
charged. The express agent, Nortnachcr,
corroboratcd llump-.crs rs to Crc3swel
as one Of the mon WHO robbed the train at
Mcneil, having noticed him by the light
Of his lantern. Evi-oucc Of DR.. kiou, OF
San Antonio, was introduced 90 show an
alibl for Brown. Taa caso3 will be de-.
cidcd by tie commissioners tomorrow.
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Virginia Prohibition Conference.

STANTON, VA, Sept. 23,-Thc State Pro-
hIbition conference met here today. One
hundred and forty delegates, about one
fourth colored, were present, representing
twcnty-nine counties and nine cities. Tho
delegations embrace hitherto prominent
leaders Of both political parties. The plat
form demands the prohibition Of the manu-
facture and sale of alcoholic beverages by
State and National laws, and that such
laws be yitalized by party based upon
the principle and uncompromisingly com
mitted TO Its enforcement.
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PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

The volinist, August Wilhelmj,
has rented his much-admired villa Oh
the Rhine for a number of years, and
will take up his permanent residences
in Berlin.
DR.. Jess,p, of the British Medical
Association, says that the wearing Oh
high-heeled shoes so alters the center
Of gravity As to cause return to the
habit of "tailless apes, who walk on
their toes"
DR.. Alfred, of Ocala, Fla, has
copy of the Baltimore AdUerttscr and
Journal dated August %, 1773. In 1t
is a graphic land advertisement by
George Washington, offering twenty
thousand acres of the finest and rlch-
est land in the world and situated in
the Kanawha Valley, w. Va.
Recent measurements of their cof-
fins show that the average ancient
Roman could not have been more than
five feet five inches tall. The mummy
of Cleopatra measures four feet SIX
inches. Within the last five hundred
years the height of the English arlstoc-
racy has considerably increased.
--Chauncey NJ. Depew recently re-
ceived a couple of handsome blue China
vases from the French Government in
recognition of his connection with the
Bartholdi statue celebration, and as u
graceful compliment for his services IS
orator on that occasion. They are ex-
quisite specimens of workmanship.
Zone of the drollest of recent
things" writes a London correspond.
ent, sis statement by e. F. Watts
that many years ago he lent one of his
paintings seven feet high with two life
size figures of young Saxons doing
sentry duty on a cliff. and not only had
it not been returned, but he is un-
able to remember whom he lent it to. "
While Mrs. Shepherd, daughter of
William II. Vanderbilt, was in Sau
Francisco she dined at a fancy Chinese
restaurant. Birds nest soup, sharks
fins and emperor's tea were some Of
the high-priced dainties which were
especially relished. She bought all the
tea of that brand the restaurantenr
had, the price being seven dollars u
pound.
The famous English 'bone-setter, J"
Mr.. Hutton, who died recently, had no
learning. He neither "walied the
hospitals" nor ever learned the names
of all the crevices in the human skcle-
ton. If he had had all the bones Of
the human body thrown down before
him he would have been at great pains
to arrange them in order. Yet trained
men sent patients with dislocations to
him.
C. N. Fain, of Carrollton, Ga, has
in his possession the inaugural address
delivered by ex-President Polk, Novem-
Der Il, 1889, after his election to the
gubernatorial chair Of Tennessee. The
address is handsomely printed on n
piece of white silk, eighteen by eight
cen inches, and was presented to
Captain Fain's grandfather, and will
no doubt pass through the hands OF
many generations to come, as 1t is a
relic worth preserving. The address
is considered as one of the ablcst ever
delivered by the distinguished eA-Presi-
| lnnt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-01

HOUSTON TEX, Sept. 2G.-Inforra at!on
was received last night that an upr!si.g Of
the blacks in Matagorda Count was
Akely to occur and the sheriff o. -iats-
Gorda County dispatched courier u the
sheriff Of Brazoria County REQUESTING
Immediate assistance. Over 200 nu groes
were stated by the courier to be .nder
arms in Matagorda, and the whites II that
section are consequently much cAc!ted
lHe trouble grew cut Of an attcm5t If a
negro constable to arrest white ma. liy-
Ing on Carey creek. The constable was
subsequently found dead in the creek, and
the negroes believe he was killed ~ the
whites IN the ncigAborhood 1t WIS re-
ported later iastuight that Sheriff Eiu.loy,
OF BrazOria County, had started fer Mata-
gorda with an armed posse of fifty ..on and
that the sheriff Of Matagorda was en- route
to the scene With hundred men, al! well
mounted and armed. To-day at uoo.. Z. re-
port was received here that the s-cr.Es,
with their forces, had arrived O.. the
scene, and tina. hostlitlcs had bcgu1. The
negroes have been largely reinforced. The
Houston Light Guards have been ..d1rcd
to leave at once on special trair ss4 Co.
lumDla, Bra2Oria County.
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SIOUX Clrr a., Sept. 9I-Tho bonds
men OF john Arensdorf, the chief defend
ant in the HaddocIi murder case, who is
held in $500, surrendered him
to the sheriff yesterday, two
of the suretias withdrawing. Other
bonds were furnished In a like sum.
1t is evident that tho results Of tic late
trial arc causing anxiety, and that future
possibilities are regarded with great con-
cern. The Methodist Conference, now in
session here, will raise 81 900 to aid in the
prosecution. The arguments FOR a new
trial in the Munchrath case aro not yet
completed, and sentence viii not bepasscd
until late tomorrow at least.
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"A New Haven man who has re-
duced the manufacture of artificial
limbs to a science, has received an or
der from distinguished woman in
Sweden for an arm. His work is very
near perfection, and the arm is so
shaped and provided with such fine
mechanism that it is almost as useful
as the natural arm. All parts of the
arm and hand can be moved readily by
the wearor, and such operations as
writing, eating and playing on q piano
can be performed.
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HotpnooE, ARlz., Sept 26,-She"if Vii,
liam Mclyernon and party mot Jo..4 Gra-
ham and Charles Bieyins, outl-Ws, in
Pleasant Valley last Thursday. Tho sheriff
ordered them TO surrender, which being
refused, both were killed. Ths sheriff
now has a posse Of seveuty-tiye me-, and
says that the Tonto Basin must be lightod
All the Tewksberry faction not killed have
surrendered to the sheriff. Only J.5 Of
the Grahams men is alive, auC /. is
wounded.
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More Cholera Victims.

NFw York. Sept. 25 The cholera-strick-
en ship Aiesia still swings at anchor Of
the lower quarantine, and her passengers
are still held on Hoffman Island. Two pa
tents died at five o clock last evening and
one expired at five o'clock this morning.
Francesca Cosario, aged thirty-thrcc years,
was removed from the Hoffman Island hos
ptal 10 Swinburne Island to-day. He is
very sick Twenty-thrce OF the passengers
are now very i'll. Cesarlo is likely TO die.
The others are improving.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

When pretty young girl tells
young man that he is Every saucy, he
had better begin to save money. Hes
got her, sure.-Pnck.
-Mother-"Boy, how did you tear
your pants that way?' Boy-"It's
only fall opening. | fell out OF an
apple tree. e."-TcraS Sytiags.
1t is a sweet, revengeful thought
that when walters sit down to eat they
have to be waited on by some of tho
other walters. s. Washington Critic.
In the front parlor-Midnight-Ho
(weight 500, scntimentally) What
will you call me, darling, when we are
marricdP" She (absently looking at
the clock)-"I don't know. Fatty, L
suppose. "-Town Topics
Supplying Natures Defects
A slender Lieutenant from Skye,
Was as thin as a capital l,
He said, It's too bad,
But then, can pad
Which shows that figures do lie.
Life.
-Englshman-"Great many Ameri-
cans in London this yeah" Yankee
"Yes, indeed" Englishman-"Vewy
few left at home, suppose?" Yankee
Only two families left in New
York" Englishman -" "Fauncy." -
Life.
-"What does diploma mean?' is
the heading of an article in an ex-
change. 1t means that the boy has
bled his fathers's pocket-book just as
long as the old man will stand it.
Sometimes it means good deal more.
-BiSmdrck Tribune.
A Lovers rt.-Jessie-"If that
bull should attack us, what could you
do?" Toni could reach that fence
in less than two seconds. " Jessie
but what could | do?" Tom-"You?
Why. your parasol would keep his at
tention until was safely over. '-Lue.
Omaha Girl-"Wcll, if you love
each other and he is able to support a
wife, why don't you marry?' New
York Girl-"Don't speak of it, | beg
,, of you. can never marry" "Mercy!
What's the matter?" "At every New
York wedding now the bride has to
wear her grandmother's pearls, and
my grandmother hadn't ANY, Omaha
World.
An old farmer came into a sub
urban village to hire help for moving.
But they were not to be had at any
price, and the old granger left dis
gusted saying; ut beats all natur';
help amt wuth nothin' nowadays,
and they want twice rs much wages
as there wuth." This problem will
tax the jumbo intellects to find what
"thc're wuth. " Providence Journal.
--"Well," said the Car Stove to tho
Rotten Bridge yesterday, 'you have
had pretty busy summer, and have
hustled u good many people into the
mysterious beyond, but your work is
tame after all. You don't give them u
taste of the hereafter Just wait few
weeks and see me broil EN-" And
they joined arms and walked down to
che managers Office to tell how much
they were saving him every yssF.--
Minneapolis Tribune
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ASlATlC CHOLERA.


-'A''AN bitNtis- hIUnEh.
NLw loEK, Sept 23.-The steamship
Alesia, which arrived below last night
from Marseilles and Naples with six nun.
dred passengers, has Asiatc cholera
aboard, Eight of her passengers died on
the passage, and on her arrival at quarin.
tine the health officer found four cases on
board. .Hc has sent the Aesia and her
passengers to Westbank, In the lower bay.
On September Il, Luigi Maria, steeragc
passenger, aged twenty-three years, was
taken sick and died on the 18th. Paul An.
tono Ballyaria, another steorage passcn-
ger, aged thirty-eight, was taken sick and
died on the same date-the 18th. Jean
Aenivolin, sailor, aged forty, died the
following day, in less than twenty-four
hours from the time he was taken down
with the disease. On the nth, Jean Som.
ma, $; lor, aged thirty, was taken sick.
He died a the 10Th. Sc Fin de Lis, aged
twenty one, steerage passenger, died on
the 2Oth, Anna Veltriagcd, steer.
age passenger aged forty-seven, died
on the 2lst, Francisco Matteo,
aged forty-one, was taken sick be.
fore coming on board and died
on the ID, probably Of bronchitis. Maria
Antonio Scala Vcno, aged ffty,nine, was
also ailins at the time of coming on board,
and died on the 22d, though without any
symptoms of cholera. All the above were
buried at sea. The Alcsia is now in the
lower bay Her sick passengers will be
transferred to the Swnburnc Hospital.
All the remaining passengers will be
transferred to Hoffman Island for observa.
ton. The ship will remain in the lower
bay until she has been thoroughly fumi-
gated and cleansed.
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Piayino Ghost,

AIPHARETTA, Ga, Sept, 23.-In Milton
County, Ga, Calvin and Robert Outrey,
brothers, We're in love with the same
young woman. While Robert was accom-
panying her home from church revival
Calvin sought to frighten him, thus dis
gracng him in the inamorata's eyes, by
playing ghost Robert thew a stone at
the pretended spirit, causing ii to become
one in reality as the missile crushed his
DrOthCr's skull
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Lnnl and Labor Club.

New YoRK, Sept 25.-A meeting of vet
Grams of the late war was held to-day, and
land and labor club organized. Resolu-
tions were adopted TO the end that the
Government should grant Western land
10 the veterans and advance passage
money and means for WORKING the land
The movers of the resolution will attompt
to secure the Endorsement OF the United
Labor marty
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Trouble with Convict Miners,

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. Ga mutIny
of convicts is reported at the Knoxville
Iron Company's coal mines at Coal Creek.
They refused to go in the mines yesterday
afternoon, and the guards opened fire on
them, wounding three or four. One is
thought TO be mortaliy wounded. The
cause Of the trouble is said to have been
the refusal of the superintendent to moyo
the coal away from the mouth of the pit,
thus preventing the free circulation Of air.
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Walking Delegate Shot.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Sept. 23.-Fred Pa
gel, the walking delegate Of the Seamen's
Union, who was shot by Andrew Blemel
yesterday while endcavorng to force the
latter to quit work on the barge Michigan,
died in the hospital this morning Anum-
ber of vesscl-owners have eyinced great
interest in Blcmcrs case, and have secured
'egal counsel for him.
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Wiic-NiiIPllprcr

PITTsBuRGn, Sept. S-Thomas Nc.
Kenna, laboring man, sixty.soycp years
Of age, murdered his wife at their home in
McKcesport, Pa, while she was sleeping
He said he had been contemplating the
deed for years, but had RETAINED until his
children had reached an ago when they
could care for themselves. He claimed
that she was unfaithful TO him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-01

QurBEc, Sept. 26-Feur chil-.oa Of
Pierre Gobout, farmer of ST. .ierrc,
parish on the Isle of Orleans,
below Quebec, were playing c. tho
beach. when they found bomb ". -. had
boon fired from an artillery ran Z, and
which had failed to explode, Tn. took
out the fuse or plug and dropae- "A a
burning match, Three wero il5t-ntly
killed and tho fourth can not recover,
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WHEELING, W, va, Sept 26-Konce-
vcrtc, Greenbrier County, W. Va, reports
the cold-blooded and unproyoked 4Saassi.
nation of a well-known lady Of tn. place,
the crime having been committee about
midnight Friday. The murdereG woman
was Mrs. Louise Eldridge, the vile OF
John Eldridge, a prominent citi-5a and
the keeper of restaurant in the i1s .own.
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4 peyilish Deed.

Troy, n. V, Sept. 2d,-Last night an at.
tempt was made to wreck the st. Louis
Express on the FItchburg road, near North
Powual. VI. Niuc ties were Across tho
rails, fortunately the engineer saw tie OBJ
struction just in time TO check the trains
speed, so that, though the engine stuck
the obstruction, it was not wiz .orce
enough TO do any damage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-01

HAVANA, Sept. ga severe shock Of
earthquake was felt in Santiago de Cuba
to-day, the vibrations lasting half min
ute Two persons were injured and some
houses damaged. Shocks wero also felt
in Guantanamo and Manzanillo, and
Kingston, Jamaica.
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a BAD HAIL.STORM.
The Most Gigantic Lumps of fee That Ever
Came From Above.

thhio IToh hbohcs
Up at Valley City, this Territory,
tho other afternoon, while party Of
Eastern tourists were standing under
the covered porch OF the leading hotel
thunderstorm mixed with consider
able hail came up. Pretty soon hail
stones as large as hazel-nuts began 70
come down.
Great Scott!' said one Of the East
ern men, s'just see the size of those
hail-stoncs"
yes" said another, land they're
getting larger-thcrcs some half an
inch in diameter"
"Worso than that howled another
as he began to grow excited, there's
one in the middle Of the street half as
large as an egg"
Remarks Of this nature were kept
up for two or three minutes, when the
night clerk of the hotel, who had just
got up and was sitting on the porch,
and two or three of the boarders who
were natives, wnked at one another
and retired. 1t seems that they
couldn't stand to hear such remarks;
for the truth is it was nothing but an
ordinary hail-storm and hail-stones
much larger frequently fell.
The hail continued and the Eastern
men grew still more excited.
"Look at EN- now, big as hens egg,
or I'm a liarr' cried one.
Hens eggs nothing shouted an
other, "there's one as big as goost
cgg"'
They're getting thicker, too"
Thunder and blazes. Sec the on
on the crossing as big as coffee cup'
THAT isn't any thing-there's on,
the other side of it six inches in diam
eter"
Great Heavens, boys, see that! It
as biz as a water pail"
Bigger. Bigger! Bet five dollar
it's bigger.'
"sec how sharp-cornercd and ugly
looking they are.'
"One of them would kill q horse.
81 don't care if they would kill a
elephant" howlcd the most cnthusia,
tic man, "I'm going to have that biz
gest one and weigh it before it melt>
Bet ten dollars it'll weigh fort
pounds,' and he shot out into tn
street and leaned over and got hi
arms around the largest Maidstone tha
ever fell in Dakota. He was just get
ting it up when another about tn
size Of II toy balloon took hin
between the shoulders and knocket
him over His friends rushe,
out to the rescue. The storm. was evi
IDENTIFY about over, but stones were still
coming down the size of billiard ball
and plenty Of them. 1t was hard worl
and they were considerably bruised
but they at last got their stunned CON
panion under cover, together with tn
big hail-stonc. The most terriii
storm of hail ever known in the worl
was over. The scene in front Of III
hotel resemblcd n winter landscape o,
the northern shore Of Greenland.
"Stupcndi-ous! Ter-r-rifc"' faltere
the enthusiastic man, as he rccoyere
breath, al shall send It two-colum
dispatch about it to the signal scryic
department at Washington"
And just then the proprietor Of tn
hotel crawled through window ont
the roof over the porch and shoutc
some bad language at the two boarder
who were there and slipped up and fel
on his back as he kicked at the nigh
clerk.
They had chopped up two hundre
pounds of ice and thrown it into til
street-all there had been in the kitche
refrigerator. Dakota Bell
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Robbed, Blindiolded and Carried or.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, sept GA lcttcr
from Witt Springs says man named
earns living near tnat place was robbed
Sunday night of $500 by three masked
men The thieves shot through the door
of the house wounding earns dangerous
ly. He was afterward blindtolded and
carried out and left in Tie forest several
miles from the house
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Oscar Nccbe Taken to Joliet.

CnicAco, Sept. 26.-oscar Neehe, tho
Anarchist not included in the death SEN
fence. is in Joliet penitentiary to t,g'n his
term of sentence, He was take. there
with much secrecy by shcriff's deputies
tonight. None of his friends k.o" ho
was to be taken away so suddenly, and to
none of them did he say goodbye
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-The Commis.
sioncr Of Internal Revenue is arranging
for test Of the products Of all brcwcries,
to learn whether any of them permit more
alcohol in beer than allowed by the rcve-
nue. laws. Also to determine the purity
of the beverage. Brewcries will not be
called upon for samples, but viii be pur-
chased from retail dealers.
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A Startling Confession.

LANCASTER, PA, Sept. 23-Wm. Showers,
of this city, has confessed in court to the
murder of his two grandchildren, and i'm.
plicatos his housclSceper, Eliza Scrgent.
Being lonely Showers proposed marriage
to Eliza, who refused unless the children
were out of the way.
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Snow intlle East.

PENNINGTON, ME., Sept, %. - Snow
fell north of here This morning, covering
the tops of the Old Blue and other noun
tans.
ATLANTIC CITY, ~ j.. Sept. 25.-Snow fell
lightly for half an hour here last night
The temperature fell to 4O'.
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OTTAWA, ONT, Sept. 26.-rhe tot-l value
Of the imports into Canada for the --.onth
of August last was 81, 1695S3, tho d -ty col
lcr,cd was Sl.qSS, ,soS. Tho total galuc OF
the exports amounted TO SlO,0l.,o.A, Of
which SS,2S4,93s was the produce c. Can.
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do you know" said a digniiied
looking man. "that | never tasted
whisky?' "No," was the reply; Il
know lots of fellers that gulp II down
quick that way, but somehow | could
always git more enjoyment out of ii
by lettin' it 30 slow, unless it's clear
pizen. y Washington Crtte.
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,. Rejected Lover,

I,ycoLs, Nnp, Sept 96-Henry Beers,
ocod twenty.eight, today shot and in
SANITY killed Augusta seifert aged seven
,aon because she refused TO marry HIM.
po,h arc Germans, having come 70 thls
country nv, together about hi.ssn ssashl
age,
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Bows Deadly Work with a Gun.

LIMA, o., Sept, 23.-Last evening ton
year-old boy shot and almost instantly
killed q fourtecn-year-old girl by the name
OF Flora Kemp, at the home of the latter,
seven miles west of this city. The little
folks were playing, and the young boy, a
lad named Sherrick, playfully pointed the
gun at the girl, The entire charge Of
buckshot struck the girl in tho neck.
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"A lady who never failed to have
her little jest with the doctor al.
through a painful illness, exclaimed
one day when he was announced:
Tell him I'm sorry, but ! don't feel
able to see him to-day. "-Epech